Priest, Dilgent.
Priest Dilgent.
Dilgent swallowed his silence.
“The fact that Priest Marnak was a worshiper of evil spirits is a variable that I could not have imagined. How the hell do you wear the priestly clothes with that blessing on? It is not the kind of clothing that worshipers of evil spirits would wear.”
He rubbed his chin and shook his head.
“This operation has consistently exceeded my expectations from the start until now. So many variables involved…”
“You talk too much.”
Marnak left his seat and ran toward Dilgent.
Why hey hey hey hey!!!
The spinning saw blade aimed precisely at Dilgent’s neck. As he had no special feelings for him, Marnak intended to let Dilgent go at once. There was no option to save them unless they were attacked first.
Dilgent stood and watched the saw blade approach his neck. A wisp of a smile crept across his lips.
“Did you really think I would have followed you alone?”
Transparent threads glistened in the moonlight. Threads like cobwebs that I don’t know when they were run. The Immortalium saw blade was tightly entangled with threads, and wild sparks shot up. Dilgent opened his eyes wide again.
“Hoo. Was that weapon’s saw blade Immortalium? This is great. Thanks to that, we can also retrieve the relics of the ancient empire.”
threads appearing in succession. The threads wrapped around Marnak’s body as he moved. Along with him, a series of people holding the end of the thread appeared in the forest.
A patterned mask resembling a spider viewed from above. Black armor and sidearm that clings to the whole body. A total of nine people armed with items made of unusual materials at first glance.
Marnak, tied by a thread, slowly observed their whereabouts.
“A total of nine thousand.”
The black pupil rolled over and looked at Dillgent. A soft smile was drawn on Marnak’s lips.
“And only you, too. It’s been a long time since I’ve done something right.”
“What does that mean?”
“you do not have to know.”
The bright dark green tattoos burned fiercely. Marnak tugged at his right arm, which was entangled in the thread. The bodies of the three people who were holding the thread stumbled and soon lost the thread they were holding in their hands.
No matter how immortalium thread it was, it did not make the person using it superhuman. Marnak took advantage of the opening and quickly swung the butcher free of the threads that were wrapped around him. And it didn’t stop there.
Marnak’s model disappeared in an instant.
Kaaang!!!
The butcher and the sword collided. Marnak just abruptly attacked one of the people who had lost his posture, but the mysterious figure calmly drew a sword from his waist and parried Marnak’s attack. It was a very well-trained move, but there was something else that surprised Marnak more than that.
“Even the sword is Immortalium…?”
Marnak had a hunch that he was involved with people who were more troublesome than he thought. Resolving to find a way to leave the city as quickly as possible next morning, I backed away.
Dilgent looked at Marnak with expressionless eyes and ordered.
“While I interrogate this demon contractor, you deal with the worshiper of the evil god.”
Feet moving fast. There was no answer. But Marnak realized through the changing air around him that from now on was real, and laughed. He slowly closed his eyes and murmured.
“mother.”
With a short word, a vivid green line scolded the earth. The lines that ran across the earth drew a huge circle and covered the space they were in, then disappeared as soon as they appeared.
No one could escape from this space as long as the ‘line that the living cannot cross’ was drawn. As long as you don’t kill yourself.
Marnak opened his eyes slowly and laughed again as he started the butcher’s engine.
“I won’t ask where you belong. Seeing your face, it’s just because I’m a contemplative that I would never do.”
Why hey hey hey hey!!!
With the sound of a harsh engine start, nine armed men rushed towards Marnak at once.
***
Dilgent dragged the deer masked monster with only the torso left behind the black stilts and widened the distance. He didn’t like being interrupted while interrogating this someone.
Katus couldn’t figure out how things were going. Dilgent, who judged that the distance was appropriate, put the monster down and sighed. He shook his head as he heard the loud engine sound coming from far away.
“after. They said you shouldn’t judge people just by what they look like. I never thought that Priest Marnak would have such a radical disposition. He really was a man wearing a thick mask.”
[Why are you helping me?]
“Help me? you? Well, since he took care of his soon-to-be-death life like this, it’s understandable to have such a misunderstanding. It’s cumbersome to explain this one by one. I think this should be enough explanation. How about it?”
Dilgent took a white mask out of his pocket and put it on. A plain white mask with no particular pattern engraved on it. The monster’s pupils widened after confirming the mask.
[?!]
Embarrassed. And the bewilderment soon turned into fierce anger and hatred that flared up. The humans who raided the mansion that day and slaughtered everyone were all wearing those plain white masks.
[You were you!!! You damn son of a bitch!!!]
Dilgent put the mask on and shrugged.
“As expected, I like that this part is simple. Now, can you guess why I saved you, who was about to die? If you can guess, I would like you to teach me while I saved you like this.”
Katus gritted his teeth. Son of Avad Finisho. The author was now inquiring about the whereabouts of the boy he had fled with. It struggled wildly, but the monster’s body had already reached its limit due to the torture several times. The endless regenerative power was almost exhausted, and it took a long time for the limbs to regenerate.
The white deer masked monster screamed.
[why!!! Why the hell did you do that!!! Why did you kill everyone!!!]
Dilgent grinned. very refreshing.
“It was worth it, so why not? Where are you anyway? Yad Finisho, the son of Avad Finisho, whom you escaped with. Didn’t you needlessly make a pact with the devil to complicate things that ended neatly? Hurry up and tell me that everyone is already dead and go away in peace.”
[shut up!!! The Bocchan will never hand over to a murderer like you!!! You son of a bitch!!!]
“Is it really that hard for you to see the face of your half-brother?”
[You’re the boy’s older brother…?]
Dilgent smiled and nodded.
“Yes, I am your brother. Well, I will take this opportunity to formally introduce myself. My name is Dilgent Phinishaw. He is the son of Abad Finisho, lord of Ebedos.”
***
Boom!!!
The soldier who ran to his superior’s room in a hurry ran into the room without even knocking on the door.
“It was a big deal!!! Now, two priests have crossed the walls of Ebedos in pursuit of the suspected culprit!!!”
“okay? Okay, so you wait here.”
“Yes yes?!”
The soldier was taken aback by the extremely calm reply. He barely caught his breath and soon found an unidentified man standing next to his boss wearing a black spider-patterned mask. Even though the stranger was standing still, just looking at him gave me a sense of ominous feeling.
“Aren’t we supposed to go to the support of the priests…?”
“Didn’t I just tell you to wait in this room?”
If he was the boss he knew, he would jump out of his seat, saying it was an opportunity to make a mark, and he would run out first. Without giving orders to sit still and wait like this. The soldier gulped and asked cautiously.
“Hey, may I ask why?”
“It is the order of His Majesty the Emperor.”
There was a clear seal stamped on the pure white paper that looked like a superior. The seal of the Emperor of the Northern Empire. It was only after seeing the seal that the soldier realized that the rumors he had heard only through rumors were true.
The spiders that do the Emperor’s dirty work. that dark wine really existed.
Klopp.
Monsters weren’t the problem. Because now, if you do something wrong, your neck will run away. The soldier swallowed and glanced at the black spider mask.
No matter how you look at it, it was an extremely ominous patterned mask.
***
hooked.
[Quaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa that
!!! It looks like a tree, but it is surprisingly well poisoned, which is embarrassing. Are you in a lot of pain?”
[This dog, baby, baby!!!]
Dilgent whispered softly as he smeared new poison on his sword.
“As I said before, I have no intention of killing my half-brother. If you hadn’t taken me in the first place, things wouldn’t have gone this far.”
[Do you think I will believe what you say? I absolutely won’t believe it!!!]
“Ha. That’s why it’s the hardest thing to convince those who haven’t learned. How can you not know this much?”
He slowly raised his head and checked the moon in the sky. There was still a little time before dawn. In a little while, the black landlords will cut the priest Marnak’s head and bring his belongings. Dilgent decided to enjoy a moment of leisure.
Returning home after a long time was a way to make people’s hearts flutter. Even to a person who has become a blank state of dark wine.
“Listen carefully. I won’t say it twice. I didn’t do this to get revenge on my father who abandoned me. Everything I do reflects the will of His Majesty the Great and Blessed Emperor. His Majesty the Emperor has made a big decision at a time when exchanges between nobles are minimal due to the empire’s chaotic situation due to worshipers of evil gods. Take this opportunity to purge the anti-war factions within the empire.”
Dilgent nodded.
“Do you understand what this means? My father, Avad Finisho, caused tragedy by his own choices. To dare to join a faction against the will of His Majesty is a sin that cannot be repaid even if it is corrected ten million times.”
The monster let out an angry cry.
[What is he saying now!!! What the hell does that have to do with your massacre!!! You son of a bitch!!!]
“Hunchback Katus. I know very well that you are unlearned and have a hard time understanding the weight of my words. So let me put it a little bit easier. I will put my half brother Yad in my father’s place. I want to live as intact as possible. And you know what?”
Dilgent patted himself on the back.
“When I was born, I was a hunchback like you. Fortunately, thanks to the grace of the Goddess of Healing and becoming a priest, my bent back was straightened. You were chosen by the devil to straighten that crooked waist, but after all, don’t our lives seem pretty similar? In fact, maybe my father took you because he remembered me when he saw you.”
Katus remembered the unexplained favor of Avad Finisho that had been bestowed upon him. There was nothing wrong with Dilgent’s words from beginning to end.
however.
The monster gritted its teeth and howled loudly.
[but!!! I didn’t quite understand what you were saying!!! You didn’t have to kill Ena, you didn’t have to kill everyone in the mansion!!! How nice they were all!!!]
“Hmm…”
Dilgent quietly touched his chin and smiled.
“This wasn’t a stupid jerk. Unfortunately.”
